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breadloaf | karma 270 | avg karma 3.65 · 2022-07-11 03:12:35

Game can't run without a server and server owner decided to shut them down? Then game is a defective product and customer is eligible for full refund of the game. Those servers will be running forever or should not be necessary at all.

vntok | karma 424 | avg karma 0.59 · 2022-07-11 03:16:35

Lol no that's not how it works. Imposing a company to maintain expensive equipment forever in echange for a ~$60 one-shot payment is crazy.

account42 | karma 5969 | avg karma 0.98 · 2022-07-12 09:01:22

They don't have to architect their games to require that. Even for multiplayer games they can always choose to provide the server side parts for others to host.

wiseleo | karma 636 | avg karma 1.47 · 2022-07-12 13:05:55

What expensive equipment? It's a VM.